Improvement in seed-planters



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Patented Nov. 9, 1875.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS N. PETERS. PHOfO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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-SEED-PLAI TTER. LIL-169,725, Patented Nov. 9,1875.

WITNESSES v INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM NEVINS, OF TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVAHIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters. Patent No. 169,725, datedNovember 9, 1875; application filed July 3, 1875.

To allwhom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM Nnvms, ofTitusville, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Machines for Planting Gorn,Beans, 850.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings making apart of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings are representations of plan views ofmyplanting-machine, and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are detail views of thesame.

This invention has relation to improvements in machines for planting,hoeing, and digging potatoes, and which are also adapted to plantingcorn, beans, and the like; and the nature of the invention consists inthe arrangement and novel construction of the various devices employed,as will be hereinafter more fully explained and claimed.

1n the annexed drawings, AAdesignate two, platforms of rectangular form,which are detachably hinged together, and when attached to each otherare supported upon two lateral transporting-wheels, B B and anintermediate wheel, B but when separated for a purpose hereinafterexplained, a fourth wheel will be secured to that platform which willthen only have one. The spindles a of all these Wheels are inserted intoa tube, b, rigidly griped by any suitable means to the under side of thesaid platform, and are held against undue displacement by means of asetscrew, 8. By this means the wheels are made laterally adjustable toor from the platform, and thus their distance apart may be increased ordiminished in accordance to the various distances apart of the rowsn 0represent gear-wheels, which are adjustably secured to the hub of wheelsB B and engage with a pinion, c, keyed upon the end of a shaft, 01,having its hearings on the under side of the said platform, and passinginward through a drop-spout,O, or terminating therewith and connected bymeans of a suitable coupling with a seed-dropper, 0, arranged therein bymeans of which seeds deposited in a hopper,

D, on the upper side of the said platform will be allowed to fallthrough drop-spoutG into a furrow formed for their reception, by meanshereinafter described. Hoppers l) are provided with hinged lids D, whichare converted into drivers seats by'means of side and back flanges 61,one of these seats thus formed being on each platform in order that whenseparately used they may be provided with this convenience. 6 representslots, which are arranged parallel to each other, and are inclineddownwardly from rear to front. They are also arranged in diverging linesfrom the front to rear, and are provided with sockets G, which continuethe backward inclination of the said slots, and are provided with anumber of spaced perforations, z', by means of which shovel-standards Epassed upward through the said slots into the sockets are adjusted togive a greater or less pitch to the shovels f detachably secured upontheir ends. This may be done by removing a pin, g, by means of whichstandards F are secured to castings or sockets G, and replacing it in aperforation to one side, or above or below that formerly used, as thenecessities of the case mayrequire. I

The shovels f may be raised from the surface of the groundsimultaneously by means of metallic rods f, which are secured tostandards E, pass thence upward through the front edges of platforms AA, and are suitably secured to a head-bar, H, which latter is providedwith a bail, h, by means of which it is attached to, and operated by, averticallyvibrating lever, I, having its fulcrum in an upright, l,erected on the said platform. When the power end of this lever is thrustdown the shovels will be evenly and simultaneously raised from thesurface of the ground, and this operation is made to disconnect theseeddroppers in the spouts in the following manner, to wit: The outerbearings 1 of shafts d are endwise movable, and'they are drawn away fromthe gear on the hub of the outer transporting-wheels by means of alever, j, pivoted to the platforms at 13, one end of which lever issecured to the said movable bearin g, and the other end thereofconnected, by means of a rod, k, to one of standards E. Hence, when thecultivator teeth or shovels notched, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1,for

the purpose of receiving the rear end of lever I, by means of which theshovel-standards E are raised. When the rear end of this lever is thrustforcibly down it will raise the shovels, at the same time forcing bar Jbackward, and throwing the pinion c on shaft cl out of gearwith theoperating device on the wheel. Dropper-spouts C may also beraised bymeans of a rod, m, extending upward within reach of the driver, andsecured to a supplemental spout, 3, arranged within, and endwise movablein relation to the spout proper.

When the planter is double, as shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, one of itssections may be converted into a potato-planter by removing one of thespouts, and attaching in its place, or under a hopper, K, provided forthe purpose, an enlarged spout, L, within which a spurred shaft, n,finds its bearings. Motion is communicated to this shaft by means of anendless belt, 0, passing over a pulley-wheel, p and 1), respectively, onshafts n and d, as shown in Fig. 3. By this means corn and potatoes maybe planted in alternate rows.

I sometimes, with a view to breaking up the clods more effectuallybefore the seed is dropped into a furrow, and to destroying the smallweeds among the plants the first hoeing, apply a rake, N, to the firstpair of standards E, but it is not a permanency, and will be used ornot, according to the exigencies of the case. I also use a marker, 0,having double arms q g, which are adjustable to or from each other, forthe purpose of marking off the rowsat a greater or less distance apart.

Standards E, being detachable, may be removed from platforms A A, andthe latter converted into a potato-digger by substituting in lieuthereof standards E, bearing on their lower ends fiat metallicshovel-plates t, which are provided upon their upper front horizontalsurfaces with longitudinal ridges u, for breaking the continuity of thesods or earth -crust as it is raised by the shovel, and with wirefingers '0, extending rearwardly a certain distance beyond the shovel,for the purpose of allowing the broken earth to sift through, and thepotatoes to fall on the surface of the soil.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Theadjustable shovel-standards E, piv oted in sockets G, attached to theplatform, in combination with the rods f, head H, bails h h, and leversI I, having their fulcra in upright standards on the platform,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The perforated cast-metal socket G, in combination with theperforated standard E and rods f, substantially as described, and forthe purpose set forth.

I In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

i WILLIAM NEVIN S.

Witnesses:

L. W. WILGOX, J. R. LUsE.

